University of Johannesburg, Auckland ParkE-Mail authorALAN AMORY is a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, Technology and Computer Education at the University of Johannesburg. His current projects involve the use of educational games with pre-service teachers to support the use of authentic learning in the classroom. His recent publications include: Amory, A. (2010). Education technology and hidden ideological contradictions. Educational Technology & Society, 13(1), 69-79. Amory, A. (2010). Learning to play games or playing games to learn? A health education case study with Soweto teenagers. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 26(6), 810–829.